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Engineering is about building bridges in more ways than one.
Over the summer, Temple Engineering and its STEM programs team welcomed a number of Philadelphia youth to campus to engage in engineering enrichment programs. From the Women's Engineering Exploration (WE2) program to robotics camp and others, students got hands-on experience across engineering disciplines.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Rouzbeh Tehrani hosted campers from the East Poplar Recreation Center, located just blocks from campus, for a one-day workshop on water quality. He was familiar...

Often, when pressing your foot on the gas pedal of a car and driving off, it's easy to let your thoughts turn to the journey. For Andrea Poosikian, she likes to think about the car, itself. How the brakes work, how the drivetrain works. It's a natural thought process for an engineering student--especially one who completed two completed two internships with General Motors in Michigan.
"I like the way electrical engineering helps you like contextualize the things that you see in everyday life," she said.
Poosikian has helped provide context, herself, as an ambassador for the coll...

Honorable Timothy A. Reese (ENG, 90), former Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, will deliver the alumni keynote address at the College of Engineering spring commencement ceremony on May 9. He will be joined by Temple IEEE Vice President Tyler Ressler, a candidate to receive his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering, who will deliver the student address.
Since earning his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology from Temple University, Mr. Reese has spent more than 28 years within the finance and technology industry. Current...

The World Health Organization has targeted reducing anemia 50% among pregnant women by 2025 as one of its five primary global nutrition targets. But, when it comes to a health issue affects about a half a billion reproductive-age women worldwide, where do you begin?
One Temple Engineering Senior Design team approached the issue practically, looking at cost and point of care, particularly in low-resource environments.
Working with Assistant Professor Chetan Patil, bioengineering students Shreyas Chandragiri, Paul Gehret, Kyle Jezler and Seth McBride are modifying existing techno...

The idiom "there must be something in the water" can be applied a lot of ways. One senior design team wants to see if they can do something about the 'something'. They are researching the potential for one new technology designed to reduce nitrate levels in wastewater.
The team is working with Ofir Menashe, CEO of Bio-Castle, an environmental biotech company in Israel. The company's Small Bioreactor Platform (SBP) capsule technology is helping them to do it. Menashe provided the NatiCap De-nitro capsules, which contain denitrifying bacteria that convert nitrate into nitrogen gas...

Salman Alotaibi, graduating with a mechanical engineering degree, had his first brush with the Amir of his home country of Kuwait—His Highness Sabah Al-Sabah—when he was about nine years old. Though, it wasn't Salman but his friend who met the monarch and head of state—an event that Salman admits made him a little jealous.
This was around the same time Salman first applied his natural mechanical mindset while working on a car engine in the Kuwait Science Club (pictured at right).
"It took me about one month to diagnose the engine, from the crankshaft to the valves, everyt...

Every Thursday, senior electrical engineering student Elijah Zimmerman makes the eight-minute walk from Temple College of Engineering to the U School at 7th and Norris streets. Sitting with 18-year-old U School student Anthony, Elijah acts as part sounding board, part college interpreter: how to apply, what to expect and maybe offering some not-so-subtle reminders to follow up on those scholarship applications.
"You've gotta stay on top of those," Zimmerman smiled. "Scholarships represent the work you already put in toward your education."
Zimmerman is part of the nonprofit ment...

Ron Kerins, Jr. (ENG, 84), CCM, LEED-AP, MBA, will soon add another line to his already-impressive resume: commencement speaker.
Since earning his BS in both Civil & Construction Engineering and Architecture from Temple College of Engineering in 1984, Kerins has spent more than three decades building a career in construction while also staying connected to his alma mater. He is currently a Principal of GREYHAWK, an international construction management consulting firm.
He is a past director of the Temple University Alumni Board, serves in emeritus status for the Temple Co...

Recent reports show a continued decline in international students choosing to study in the United States. According to the 2018 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, the number of students enrolling for the first time at American colleges dropped nearly 7 percent from 2016 to 2017. While our student body is diverse, Temple Engineering has seen a similar trend emerge.
This is particularly concerning to me, both as a first-generation immigrant and an engineer, but also as an educator for more than three decades. In order for this country to remain competitive...

Tremayne Pitters (EE, 18) started building his soon-to-be top secret engineering career by dismantling something: his family PC.
As a child, the first generation Jamaican-American wanted to modify it into a better-performing machine, so he took it apart and something clicked, leading his natural curiosity to a computer electrical engineering major at Temple. Now, he's going to be a developing satellite technology for the intelligence community following an interview offer from the recent Career Fair.
"I had friends who had these powerful gaming PCs," he said. "So, I wanted t...

Earlier this year, Temple Engineering announced the creation of a new BS program—Industrial and Systems Engineering—designed to blend business and engineering. In November, Andrew Marsh (ENG, 82) came back to campus to stress the importance of experience in both fields to freshmen interested in the new major.
He should know. Though Marsh studied electrical engineering at Temple, the 2017 Gallery of Success honoree is President and CEO of Plug Power, a New York-based fuel cell manufacturer, providing solutions for customers such as Walmart, Kroger, BMW and Procter and G...

Dr. Joe McGinley (ENG, 96) is about as Temple made as you can be. After earning four degrees from Temple—BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering, PhD in Physiology and MD from Katz School of Medicine—McGinley became a practicing surgeon, radiologist and physician. He can now count Gallery of Success honoree among his many titles.
During Homecoming weekend, McGinley was recognized alongside outstanding alumni from 16 other schools and colleges into the gallery, which showcases Temple University alumni who have utilized the skills and knowledge learned at Temple to chart their...

A record-breaking 75 employers from around the country visited Temple University seeking to recruit, interview and hire Temple Engineering students recently at the fall Career Fair.
Companies ranged from energy utilities and related firms like American Water and PPL to transit agencies like Amtrak, SEPTA and New Jersey Department of Transportation. Biomedical firms like US BioDesign and Merck also joined construction companies like Gilbane, Pennoni and Turner Construction.
Many companies also included Temple alumni, including Jennifer Kullgren (ENG, 17), who came back to campus...

Kevin Ho spent last summer as a project engineering intern for the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, one of the country’s largest construction management and general contracting firms. Working out of the company’s Baltimore headquarters, he assisted on bidding for Costco building projects and visited construction sites to oversee the work of subcontractors, including electrical, carpentry and flooring subcontractors.
“I really fell in love with construction as a result of that experience,” says Ho, who is graduating this month with a BS degree in engineering technology...

Airplanes and flight have always fascinated Tanvir Mahmud Saurav. Growing up near Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, the sight and roar of jet airplanes were impossible to ignore.
Now, after completing his BS in mechanical engineering, the President’s Scholar and member of the Temple University Honors Program intends to pursue a PhD in mechanical engineering at Temple University. His ultimate goal: to teach at a university while conducting aerospace research.
What’s mechanical engineering got to do with flight? Everything, says Saurav, notin...

As a high school senior in western Massachusetts, Victoria Dutille had three goals: to play Division I soccer, earn an engineering degree and serve her local college community.
Missions accomplished. At Temple, Dutille was:
• a four-year scholarship athlete with the Owls’ women’s soccer team
• a member of the College of Engineering Honors Program who, in May, will receive her BS degree in civil engineering with a concentration in environmental engineering
• a leader of Athletes Intervarsity, a Christian fellowship and Bible study group for Temple athletes, and an org...

Omar Mustafa wanted to be a civil engineer until he took the freshman introductory engineering class and discovered bioengineering. It particularly resonated with him because, a year earlier, he was diagnosed with an autoimmune inflammatory disease. The condition, which is now under control, causes redness, double vision and severe pain in his right eye.
“I realized that, with bioengineering, I could explore pharmaceutical and medical treatments,” says Mustafa.
To pursue that goal, Mustafa is taking advantage of the College of Engineering’s +1 Bachelor’s to Master’s...

Like a lot of engineering students, Mike Mahoney advanced from putting together Legos and K’NEX as a kid to competing in robotics competitions at Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. “Figuring out the robotics was like a big puzzle that required me to use my hands and actually apply things,” recalls the Northeast Philadelphia native who is graduating with a BS degree in mechanical engineering. “It was very enticing.”
At Temple, Mahoney focused on mechanical engineering because he thinks it's the most versatile and widely applicable engineering discipl...

It’s hard to imagine anyone more Temple Made than Christos Yiantsos, a first-generation Greek-American who is graduating with a BS degree in electrical engineering.
“When I think about how I got through the College of Engineering in four years, I realize that hard work really pays off. That’s been my family’s motto ever since my grandfather came over here in the late 1970s with basically no money,” says Yiantsos, who was born and raised in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.
His grandfather, Kosmas Yiantsos, quickly opened a donut shop at SEPTA’s Olney Transportation Center....

Senior Design projects can sprout from a number of ideas, from legacy projects to personal experience. Some teams also work directly with an industry sponsor, getting a first taste of a hands-on experience working for a client.
Joe McGinley, founder and CEO of McGinley Orthopedic Innovations, McGinley Education Innovations and President and CEO of McGinley Manufacturing, is quite the client.
McGinley is a quadruple alumnus—BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering, along with a PhD in Physiology and MD from Temple Medical School. He worked with a Senior Design team and faculty...